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Quality Health Services provides the best service to those in need. As our name states, we put quality above all, most importantly in the care that we provide. QHS performs comprehensive screenings in our search for the most experienced, reliable, and compassionate caregivers in the industry. We regularly train our caregivers to enhance their skills concerning safety, health and wellness of all our clients. Our goal is to help our clients achieve the highest level of independence and live meaningful lives.
As a caregiver you might find yourself looking for ways to help your elderly family member to avoid falling. Some of the physical risks for falling are ones that you and your senior can manage, often with the help of their medical team and home care providers.
Falls are a huge source of injury for seniors. Helping your elderly family member to avoid a fall is going to also prevent other potential issues, like surgery or long-term ailments that just never get better.
Every medication has side effects, of course, and your senior may find themselves taking multiple medications. Those side effects can start to add up and have a pretty big impact on your aging adult’s balance and her ability to avoid a fall. Talk with your elderly family member’s doctor about whether some of their medications need adjusting in order to reduce fall risk.
Your elderly family member can’t avoid obstacles or problems that they can’t see. If they are having trouble with their vision, an eye exam is the place to start. From there, you may find that corrective lenses help or there may be other solutions that are applicable. Many aging adults find that they’re dealing with some degree of low vision, in which case improved lighting can seriously help.
As they age, your senior is likely to lose at least a little bit of muscle tone. But if they are not exercising regularly, they can lose muscle tone even faster. Worse still, their muscles might even start to atrophy. Talk to your senior’s doctor about what they can do in order to keep the muscle tone they’ve got and increase those muscles if possible.
If your elderly family member has already experienced a fall, they’re more likely to experience another. Part of the problem is that your senior can fear that next fall and that’s something that can make them less active. Reducing activity and being afraid of falling can work together to make that next fall inevitable.
Being aware of all of these different risks and how they can affect your aging adult gives you a leg up in helping your elderly family member avoid a fall. Home care providers can help you to understand how you can compensate for these issues during your senior’s daily activities.
When your aging loved one needs home care services in the Northern and Central PA areas, Quality Health Services is there for you.
What health issues impact your senior’s fall risks? It might be a good idea to have that conversation with your elderly family member’s doctor. Also, be sure to schedule eye exams as often as her eye doctor recommends. If your elderly family member hasn’t done a medication review recently with her doctor, it might be time for that as well. Revisit your senior’s medical concerns regularly to ensure that she’s still on the right path.
Your senior’s diet and her exercise plan also impact her fall risk. Talk to your aging family member’s doctor about whether exercise is okay for her and then set up a plan with her. As she becomes stronger, she’ll also improve her balance, which is essential for fall prevention. Eating a healthy diet ensures that your elderly family member has the energy that she needs to exercise and to enjoy her life.
If your elderly family member needs additional assistance, make sure that help is easier to access and that she actually uses it. Whether the tools your senior uses are medical alert devices, supportive shoes, or a cane, she won’t get their help unless she does actually use them. This might also mean hiring a home care provider to offer additional assistance and to ensure your senior accesses the help available to her.
Falls are a big problem for people who are already vulnerable because of illness or injury. Your elderly family member may be at greater risk of falling, but that may be more preventable than you believe. Home care services have the experience that your senior needs in order to avoid further injury.
The very best way to begin to understand what is best going to help your senior to avoid a fall is to do a complete assessment of what they are facing. This means looking closely at their current health issues, what medications they are taking, and how well they are doing emotionally. It also means looking at things like the ability to exercise and what they’re eating, because all of that matters.
Activities of daily living are particularly important in terms of your elderly family member’s ability to avoid falls. These are activities that are part of a healthy life, like being able to change clothes, take a bath, and eat regularly. Other activities of daily living for your senior involve mobility and being able to safely navigate her home. Having help from Quality Health Services home care providers to take care of these tasks improves your senior’s quality of life immensely.
Your elderly family member may need a variety of different types of assistance in order to have the best quality of life possible. Occupational or physical therapy can assist your elderly family member in using devices like a walker or cane, which can be a crucial part of their fall prevention strategy. If your senior’s health changes, they may need more nursing care than usual. All of this can be adjusted as needed by home care services.
The environment in which your senior lives is going to dictate how safe they may be from falling, too. Home care providers are uniquely capable of quickly assessing and evaluating your aging family member’s home environment and determining what poses the biggest fall risks. They can help you and your senior to make that environment as safe as possible for her both now and in the future.
Home care providers are there for your senior to help them be in the best health possible. Managing circumstances that could make a fall more likely is just part of how they achieve that goal.
Assessing your senior’s home for fall risks and then correcting those issues can prevent falls far more reliably than you might think. Make sure that things are put away when you or your senior are done using them. Clear paths, especially of clutter and other tripping hazards, like electrical cords. And you might need to consider rearranging furniture that makes clearing a path difficult.
If your elderly family member needs additional assistance, make sure that help is easier to access and that they actually use it. Whether the tools your senior uses are medical alert devices, supportive shoes, or a cane, they won’t get their help unless she does actually use them. This might also mean hiring a home care provider to offer additional assistance and to ensure your senior accesses the help available to them.
When your aging loved one needs home care services in the Northern and Central PA areas, Quality Health Services is there for you.
